Black Shadow threw out his staff, naturally knowing that no one else could possibly take it from him.
After all, he had personally refined the staff, and it had long since become one with him. How could he throw it out and let someone else hold it?
Moreover, the staff bore Formation Patterns designed to prevent enemies from taking it. Once someone else held it, its energy circuits would release lightning strikes to attack the enemy.
Seeing Qian Ying recklessly reach for the staff after he had thrown it, he was immediately delighted. He had not seen such a scene in a long time. Throwing out his staff again to toy with this fellow naturally made him overjoyed.
Thinking of how long he had spent beneath the lake, with no idea how much time had passed in the blink of an eye, he now held his weapon and could play with an enemy, adding a little excitement to his boring life.
He swung the staff. As its shadow flashed, it abruptly stopped, one end slamming into the gravel road.
With a bang, the bluestone beneath the staff was smashed into powder, and the immense force drove the staff partway into the soil.
The powerful air pressure sent the surrounding gravel and vegetation flying, sweeping them into the current of air.
Under such circumstances, Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing also stopped in their tracks, bitterness welling up in their hearts.
They could not run anymore!
When they had just been blocked by the Strange Beasts, they might still have had a chance to escape. But now that Black Shadow had blocked them, how could they possibly get out?
Just from those few moves Black Shadow had made, especially the strike of his staff against the ground, they knew he was not